Apparatus for dispensing beverages.



A. LANDGREBE.

APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1914.

1,137,495, Patented Apr. 22, 1915.

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APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING BEVERAGES.

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ANTON LANDG-REBE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FGR DISPENSING BEVERAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Application filed February 4, 1914. Serial No. 816,488.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTON LANDGREBE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York,Van Nest, borough of the Bronx, in the county of the Bronx and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for DispensingBeverages, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to beer apparatus and has particular reference tomeans for cooling and dispensing beverages and especially beer.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide connections between abarrel or series of barrels of beer in a cellar and the faucets at thebar on a higher floor, such connections being of a peculiar constructionadapting them especially for being readily cleansed and kept in asanitary condition.

A further object of the invention is to provide a peculiar means forcooling the beer as it passes through the aforesaid connections, andthough the connections comprise principally straight parallel sectionsof tubing as distinguished from cumbersome expensive and unsanitarycoils, the beer in passing therethrough will be thoroughly cooled.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter bemore fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forminga part of this specification in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which T Figure 1is a rear elevation of an apparatus made in accordance with thisinvention, parts being broken away to show the construction; Fig. 2. isa vertical transverse section on the line 2'2' of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is atransverse horizontal section on the line 38 of Fig. 1; Fig. i is afragmentary vertical section of a detail on the line l4 of Fig. 3; Fig.5 is a horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a view ofa modification corresponding to Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a sectional view of adetail of Fig- 6; and Fig. 8 is a detail view of a part of the deviceshown in Fig. 2 and described below.

The several parts of the device may be made of any suitable materials,and the relative sizes and proportions, as well as the general design ofthe mechanism, may be varied to a considerable extent without departingfrom the spirit of the invention connection 13 extending into the caskor barrel and having its upper end connected to a section of pipe letdetachably connected by means of a coupling 15 of any suitable nature toa pipe 16 leading upwardly therefrom through the floor 17.

Each pipe 16 constitutes one member of a vertical series of parallelpipes 18 shown in Fig. 2 as nine in number. Said pipes 18 are allstraight for the purpose of facilitating the cleansing thereof, and eachtwo adjacent pipes are connected by a peculiar form of coupling head 19shown best in Figs. 4: and 5. Each head comprises two bosses 2Ointernally threaded and into which the adjacent ends of the two pipessecured thereto are screwed, and the opposite end of the head 19 fromthe ends of the pipes is closed by a plug 21 removably screw threadedinto it. For this purpose the main portion of the head is cylindrical.Upon removing the plugs 21 from the opposite upper and lower ends of theseries of pipes, each of said pipes is open for free cleansing. The lastpipe 18 of the series is connected at its upper end to a T 22 having aremovable plug 21 in alinement with the axis of said pipe and havingconnected at its lateral end one of said faucets 11, said connectionbeing made by a shouldered coupling 23 whereby the faucet may be readilyremoved for cleansing or renewal.

The series of pipes 16 and 18 are maintained in substantially the sameplane and in stationary position by any suitable means including abridge or arch 24 cotiperating with the upper ends of said pipes andembracing the same. The pipes are supported directly upon the bridge as,for instance, by means of collars 25 extending from the pipes andresting upon the arch. The arch is shown in Fig. 2 as being preferablysecured rectly through the bottom of the ice tank 26 through a stuffingbox 28 of any suitable construction, and said pipes continue di rectlydownwardly. through another stuffing boxr29 at the top or upper end ofan auxiliary ice tank 30 below the floor 17 or in the v basement of thebuilding. The lower ends of the pipes extendthrough the bottom of thetank 30 through astuffing box 31, the 7 bottom of the tank 30 beingsupported above the basement floor upon a framework 32 of any suitablenature, giving room for; the barrels or casks below .or adjacentthereto.

The removable plugs 21; at the lower ends fof the pipes are easilyreached by the operator between the casks and the bottom-of the tank 30forthe purpose'of their removal and replacement." Thetank 80 is ormaybeof. substantially the same construction as the tank 26 describedabove with respect to its cooling and sanitary properties, and isdesigned to be filledw-ithbroken'ice or ice and water V 7 through adoor33 adjacentitstOpQ The tank 26is l kewise filled with ice. or iceand water of any suitable temperature through a removable panel or lid34; at its top. 1 r

;.At35 I show any suitable form or contanks 26 and 30. For instance, thedrain pipe 35 is connected to the upper tank at points 3.6,. 37 and 38,whereby said tank .may'bedrai ned of the cooling water at differentelevations. Likewise connections are made'with the tank 30at .points 39,4:0 and .l-for similar purposes. 'Thedrainpipe is also providedwith aplug 42 whereby a hose 'may be connected to the drain pipe, said hosehaving its other end connected to any one of the heads 19 for flushingout the cooling pipes 16 and 18, in an easy, rapid, and

sanitary manner.

. Instead of relying upon broken ice or ice water in separate tanks 26and 30,1 may" employ a, single tan-k in or through which the pipesmayextend continuously, and in any of said tanks I may provide a systemCopies of this: patent may be obtainefi for .five cents each, hyiadd ofammonia pipes for cooling purposes instead of using the ice. In Fig. 6 Ishow an arrangement whereby a series of pipes 18 are inclosed. in thetank 26?, the adjacent pipesl8 being connected by means of U- heads'l9,the ends of which are connected to the respective pipes by means ofshouldered' couplingsQO. The uppermost pipe 18 in 'thissystem isdetachably connected to thefaucet 1 1 bymeans-of a coupling 22 and thelowermost: pipe 18f is connected .de-

ing away the lids 84:. The several pipes 18 may thennbe readily detachedfrom the [headsby unscrewing the couplings 20, and

since thesepipes are all straight they are easily swabbed or cleansedand they maybe readilyassembled again for thepurpose of making a newc'o'nnection. ,This figure also shows-a coil of ammoniapipel3 ofany;suitable orwell known construction, whereby the air within th e'tank iscooledto any desired temperature for the purpose of cool- Y ing the beerpassing through the system of pipes 18'. This tank :is maintainedpracticallyairtight, and forthe purpose of allow- .ingthe warm air topass therefrom prelimivide a ventpipe l4;

nary to the act of refrigerationpI may pro- 7 claim as new and desire tosecure by Let- .ters Patent l stru'ction of drain pipe having communica-'tion at several points with the two cooling In apparatus of thecharacterlset forth, 5 the combination "of-a plurality of straightparallel pipes having smooth interior sure:

faces, and means connecting the'ends. ofthe1 pipes each to each so as toprovideja con tinuous circulation and communication throughout allof thepipes, said connecting means including a hollow cylindrical couplinghead having a pair of internally threaded bosses'receiving theadjacentpipe; ends and a flat circularplugremovably secured .'V in the.end of the head opposite the open i 1 ,;:G OgLEBEEL R, 7;

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